Car corner post



June 3, 1924.

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Patented .lune 3, 1924.

UNTE l'rrss PATENT orrlcs.

.KARL 1F. NYSTRM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.,

CAR CORNER POST.

Application filed February 2, 1923; Serial No. 616,486.

companying drawing, whichforms a partof my speciication.V

Myinvention relates more especially7 tov i corner posts for refrigeratorcars, whereby the outer sides land end planks are reenforced at the *cornersy of thel car and the outer planks and yinner corner structural members firmly secured together; the invention having for its objectthe provision` of a corner post which will .not only provide ya sti,

rigid construction, but which will also perf mit a portion or*v one member ofthe comv posite cornery postto ber readily removed when 'occasion' requires and enable 'either the: side or end planksto be easily removed forlfrepair orV replacement.

'i adaptedto extend throughoutrtlie height of the car-body`with one of the plates adapted to be secured adjacent tothe ends of the secured adjacent to the ends of the end wall planks, namely adjacent to the juncture of the side and end walls,'tl1at is at the4 corner ofthe car body; with va third plate adapted toy be secured to the adjacent longitudinal edges of the side wall and end wall plates, namely at the immediate corner of the car and therefore transversely of or across the ends ofthe side and end wall planks.

The purpose of my invention is to so ar- .range the respective plates and removably secure them together, that upon' removing the third or intermediate plate, the ends of the side wall planks or end wall planks will be uncovered and removal of any of the planks without complete dismantling of the Walls made possible by sliding the desired plank or planks through the space intermediate lof the l adj acent -longitudiiial edges ofthe'other'platesj Tf" Thewobjects" and advantages of 'my inven-` tion will be more fully comprehended from My invention contemplates a'cornerxpost Acomposed of a number of metallicV plates side planks; a second plate adapted to beV the detailed description of the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure lisa Vperspective view of a corner of a refrigerator car body, with the upper portion broken away and shown in section.

vIfigureQ isa ,cross-sectional, view of af corimproved corner post.

In'` the particular exemplification of invention, Iy disclose a portion of one corner of a refrigerator car body wherein 'the outer side wall and end planksv 5 are disposed lengthwise 'of' the sides and ends ofthe car andksecured to the posts 6 of the car'frame' or structure to which/the inner ing 7 is also securedl. sr n v A The walls ofthe car, namely the space intermediate of the outer and inner wall elements vis shown provided with layers ofsuitable insulating material indicated atz8 and insulation vpaper 9 at the inner surface of side and, end planks 5 and alsol between the insulating material 8 and the inner sheathmg n As this partY of the. construction may be of any suitable type and-material and forms noY part of, myinvention, aA further detailed description thereof need not be `entered into.

The outer corner post 4vand reenforcin element consists of a pair of substantially identical metallic'membersy Aorplavtes v10, l0; one of which is securedadjacent to the endsl` ofY theside wally planks'- 5, while the'other wall sheath.-

plateis secured adjacent to the ends ofthevr end wallplanks 5. Y

The` longitudinal edges of both plates 10,

l0, vat the ends of the sidewall planks and' the end wallwplanks, respectively, are bent or flanged outwardly, preferably iat right` angles to the main portionof the plates, asV shown at 1l. The angle members or vplates- 10, l() are firmly secured preferably byl means yof rivets 12 to the'car framing; at the bottom to'the side and end sills 13, k13 and at the top in a similar manner to the sideand end plates (not shown in the` drawings),r The'side and end planks 5,15, as well as they posts'G are AheldQin place "preferablv With the'post members or plates 10,1'0T arranged as shown and described, it is'apneriof afrefrigeratorrcar body, disclosing my the parent that the ends of the wall planks 5 at the immediate corner of the car are eX- posed, as they extend substantially flush with the flanged edge of the respective post member or plate 10.

The immediate corner of the car wall, namely the space intermediate of the adjacent flanged edges of the two plates 10, 10, is provided with a cover member or metallic.V plate 15, preferably somewhat in the nature of a channel, which has one longitudinal edge bent or flanged outwardly as shown at 16 to extend parallel and flush with the flange 11 of the side wall plate 10, while the other longitudinal edge 17 is bent or flanged outwardly to extend parallel and flush with the flange 11 of the end wall plate 10.

The intermediate portion of the corner member 15 is preferably disposed tangentially to or across theend wall and side wall planks 5, namely at an obtuse angle to the flanges 16 and 17 thereof; and this intermediate portion of the cover sheet or plate 15 is therefore of width sufficient to extend across the angle or space left by the non-meeting outer surfaces of the side wall planks 5 and the end wall planks 5. The flanges 16 and 17 of the cover member or plate 15 are preferably removably secured to the flanges 11 of the side wall and end wall plates 10,L respectively, by means of suitable bolts and nuts as shown at 18 or rivets if desired; the flanges 11 of plates 10 and the flanges 16 and 17 of plate 15 being provided with registering holes, in order that the cover plate may be easily put into place andremoved.

The ends of each side and end wall plank are preferably bolted or secured to the respective members or plates 10 as shown, thereby securelyfastening the ends of the planks.

1n the event that either a side wall plank or an end wall plank is to be removed and replaced, it may be readily accomplished by simply removing the intermediate cornerpost member or cover plate 15 after removing the bolts and nuts 18 or rivets, as the case may be, thereby freeing the ends of the planks and permitting them to be` slid through the opening intermediate of angle post plates 10, namely through the space or opening covered by the post member or plate 15 after the respective bolts 14 and other fastening means at various points in the planks have been removed. y

It is also apparent that the flanges of the respective plates, aside from providing a convenient manner of securing the plates together, also constitute reenforcing ribs for thercornerfpost and therefore provide a very rigid structure which can be easily applied andalso readily removed when occasion requires.

The construction shown I believe to be the simplest embodiment of my invention, which has been described in terms employed merely as terms of description and not as terms of limitation as structural modifications are possible and may be made without, however, departing from the spirit of my invention.

What 1. claim is 1. In a car having outer side and end wall planks, a lcorner post comprising a vertically Ydisposed plate adapted to be secured to the side wall planks adjacent to the ends thereof, with one longitudinal edge of the plate being bent outwardly, a second plate secured to the end wall planks adjacent to the ends thereof, one longitudinal edge of the plate being bent outwardly, the bent longitudinal edges of said plates being in spaced relation, and a third plate of width substantially equal to the spacing between the first two mentioned plates, the longitudinal edges of the third plate being bentto extend flush with the bent edges of the first two mentioned plates and being removably secured thereto.

2. A corner post of the character de scribed adapted to lap about the side and end wall planks of a car body, comprising a plurality of plates having outwardly. disposed longitudinal edges, one of said plates being secured to the outer side walls of the car, while the other plate is secured to the outer end walls of the car, with the adjacent longitudinal edges of the two plates arranged in spaced relation, and a channel plate arranged intermediate of the two plates with the longitudinal sides of the channel plate removably secured to the outwardly disposed edges of the first two mentioned plates.

3. 1n a car body provided with side and end wall planks disposed lengthwise of the sides and ends of the car body in superposed relation, corner posts composed of three metallic plates disposed from top to bottom of the car body, with one plate secured to the side wall frame structure of the car in lapping relation with the outer surfaces of the side wall planks and having an outwardly disposed longitudinal edge, the second plate being secured to the end wall frame structure of the car in lapping relation with the outer surfaces of the end wall planks and having an outwardly disposed longitudinal edge, the two plates being spaced from each other, while the third plate has both longitudinal edges disposed outwardly and is disposed diagonally to the sides and ends of the car, intermediate of the first two mentioned plates with its longitudinal edges secured thereto.

fi. AA corner post of the character described adapted to lap the adjacentedges of the side and end walls of a car, composed of a plurality of plates, one of said pla-tes being secured to the side wall of the car and provided with an outwardly disposed portion at one longitudinal edge, a second plate being secured to the end wall of the car and provided with an outwardly disposed portion at one longitudinal edge, the two plates being in spaced relation with each other, and a third plate arranged intermediate of the first two mentioned plates and havino` portions on both longitudinal edges tiereof adapted to extend flush with the outwardly disposed portions of the other two plates and be removably secured thereto.

5. In arailway car having side wall planks and end wall planks disposed, respectively,

the superposed end wall planks with one longitudinal side thereofdisposed outwardly, the outwardly disposed longitudinal sides of the two plates being spaced apart so as to permit passage of either the side wall planks or the end wall planks lengthwise therebetween, both plates being removably secured, respectively to the side wall planks and the end wall planks, and a third plate having an intermediate portion of width substantially equal to the spacing between the longitudinal sides of the rst two mentioned plates and outwardly bent longitu dinal edges adapted to extend flush with the outwardly disposed sides of the first two mentioned plates and be removably secured thereto.

KARL F. NYSTRM.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HEIDMAN, F. A. FLORELL. 

